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After the American Civil War ended on January 30, 1867, Hale County was created. It is located in the western-central region of the state and was formed from parts of Greene, Marengo, and Perry counties. Greene County was home to the majority of the territory. This area was first settled by southerners who migrated from the Carolinas, Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky, and Kentucky.
Three major twentieth-century artists are connected to Hale County: Walker Evans, James Agee, and James Agee photographed the area in 1936. William Christenberry, a Tuscaloosa-born artist, has been documenting Hale County structures since the 1960s as part of his multimedia artistic investigations. Recently, Hale County was home to the internationally recognized Auburn University Rural Studio. This architectural outreach program was founded by Samuel Mockbee, artist, and D. K. Ruth. Eugene Sawyer was born here, making him the second African American mayor of Chicago. The film Hale County This Morning and This Evening, by RaMell Ross, was nominated to the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in 2019. It poetically addresses the region's demographic shifts and the power of intra-community authorship.
Whites have held a large share of economic and political power in Hale County since the American Civil War. This was enforced by violence and decades of disenfranchisement and Jim Crow statewide. Many African Americans fled the county during the first half-century in two waves, moving to cities and the northern and western industrial centers. They were able to vote again in the late 1960s.
After a bitterly contested mayoral election in 1997, Greensboro elected John E. Owens Jr. as its first black mayor. In 2000, Claude Hamilton was named the first African-American chief police officer. Black and white residents of the county voted in Kenneth W. Ellis as the first black sheriff. Ellis was previously the chief of the Moundville police department.
Hale County has felt economic decline, especially in the more rural southern part of the county. Many manufacturing plants were closed in the late 20th century, as a result of restructuring. The population declined and businesses suffered, particularly in Greensboro, which is the county seat. However, the northern part of the county has seen a rise in population and increased industrial growth because it is close to Tuscaloosa County. This area has seen a rise in industry and new business, thanks to the University of Alabama's large student body and other resources.
